ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] How about bananas??!!?

Re: [endurance] How about bananas??!!?

C.M.Newell (reshan@deyr.ultranet.com)
Tue, 19 Mar 1996 10:17:59 -0500 (EST)

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>I looked up once to see a little girl finishing feeding my horse her
>banana... he loved it. But, I know horses do not carry the proper
>enzymes for digesting this sort of thing.
>
>To the vets out there, are there any foods that are a definate no no
>when giving our horses their people food treats?
>
I have never sen anything that would indicate that bananas are
undigestible by horses. (They are an excellent source of potassium, BTW)
Stay away from caffeine-containing food and drink--your horse will
test positive. (That probably goes for poppy-seed muffins/bagels, as well.)
--CMNewell, DVM
"The expression in a horse's eye is like a blessing on a good man's house."
--Sayied iben-el Rabil, quoting the Prophet

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